1966 European Athletics Championships – Women's discus throw

Events at the
1966 European
Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men
5000 m men
10,000 m men
80 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men
3000 m
steeplechase		 men
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men
Road events
Marathon men
20 km walk men
50 km walk men
Field events
High jump men women
Pole vault men
Long jump men women
Triple jump men
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Hammer throw men
Javelin throw men women
Combined events
Pentathlon women
Decathlon men

The women's discus throw at the 1966 European Athletics Championships was held in Budapest, Hungary, at Népstadion on 31 August and 1 September 1966.[1]

Medalists

Gold Christine Spielberg
 East Germany
Silver Liesel Westermann
 West Germany
Bronze Anita Hentschel
 East Germany

Results

Final

1 September

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1st Christine Spielberg  East Germany 57.76 CR
2nd Liesel Westermann  West Germany 57.38 NR
3rd Anita Hentschel  East Germany 56.80
4 Jolán Kleiber  Hungary 56.24
5 Verzhinia Mikhailova  Bulgaria 53.68
6 Ingrid Lotz  East Germany 53.34
7 Jiřina Němcová  Czechoslovakia 52.40
8 Štěpánka Mertová  Czechoslovakia 51.64
9 Lyudmila Shcherbakova  Soviet Union 50.56
10 Judit Stugner  Hungary 49.96
11 Kriemhild Limberg  West Germany 49.20
12 Elivia Ricci  Italy 48.80

Qualification

31 August

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1 Liesel Westermann  West Germany 56.42 Q
2 Lyudmila Shcherbakova  Soviet Union 55.96 Q
3 Christine Spielberg  East Germany 53.94 Q
4 Štěpánka Mertová  Czechoslovakia 53.52 Q
5 Jolán Kleiber  Hungary 53.28 Q
6 Judit Stugner  Hungary 53.12 Q
7 Anita Hentschel  East Germany 52.10 Q
8 Kriemhild Limberg  West Germany 52.02 Q
9 Ingrid Lotz  East Germany 51.60 Q
10 Verzhinia Mikhailova  Bulgaria 51.56 Q
11 Elivia Ricci  Italy 51.46 Q
12 Jiřina Němcová  Czechoslovakia 49.66 Q
13 Lia Manoliu  Romania 49.44
14 Pina Thani  Albania 42.12

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 14 athletes from 9 countries participated in the event.

References

  1. ↑ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 397–405, retrieved 13 August 2014
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